Since the launch of I-BID in 2003, the state has earned about $700,000 from the sale of more than 3,000 items, ranging from an old Department of Transportation helicopter to Swiss Army knives confiscated from travelers at the state’s airports.”There are people interested in everything we might sell,” said Brian Chapman, chief operating officer for […]

For the first time, the online auction site eBay has publicly responded to complaints of fraudulent auctions by user Alisher71, possibly a Naples resident. In the last 30 days, Alisher Mardonov and Shahnoza Khakimova allegedly listed over 1000 items on eBay, accepted payment, but never delivered the merchandise.
The auctions began in mid November listing everything […]

The Cook County Treasurer’s Office will begin auctioning off properties with unpaid taxes starting Wednesday.
More than 20,000 properties with delinquent taxes for two or more years will be up for grabs.
Successful bidders can acquire the deed to a property. Owners of properties on the list can pay off their taxes with interest to prevent them […]

Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers celebrated its 175th year as the oldest auction house in the Midwest and one of the oldest locally owned businesses with a Winter gallery auction held on December 3 and 4, at 7447 Forsyth. Ivey-Selkirk sold more than 700 lots of fine art and antiques and achieved a total result of $1,103,390.

The Waukesha Water Utility ended up getting more than $70,000 for a used front-end loader and backhoe, far more than the offer from an equipment supplier of $5,000 plus a new piece of machinery retailing at $35,000, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. Executives have decided to spend part of the profits buying the Bobcat while the […]